812 exhaust recommendations

[Alexandra]

Feeling slightly naughty this afternoon, I am looking at exhausts for the 812GTS. On Fchat there are a few search results and Novitech appears to be quite popular. Does anyone here have any recommendations or experiences? Ideally it should be switchable but it's not the end of the world if not.

Usually I'm not that keen on obnoxiousness but I'm not doing long trips in this, and it may as well be as much fun as it can be if it's to be one of the last v12's.

[Alexandra]

Thanks Bertie. No, I hadn't considered that but I shall do. My son showed me a YouTube video of an 812 with a different exhaust and it sounded marvellous, so I thought let's do it.

Thank you for the link; whatever I end up doing I'll post an update here.

[Alexandra]

ANOpax said:

If you wish to independently control the valves, you'd be better off installing a Capristo controller rather than a Forza controller. That way, there's no risk of inadvertently leaving the valves permanently closed and damaging the engine.

As for exhaust manufacturers other than Novitec, take a look at Kline and Capristo.

The key benefits to the sound will come if you replace the stock cats with sports cats. The Ferrari manifolds and back boxes are already pretty efficient from a flow perspective so there is little to be gained by changing the back boxes and I'm not aware of anyone making replacement manifolds for the V12 engines. Ditto the use of an X-pipe. There's limited benefit in X-piping a V12 compared to a V8.

Thank you. I made contact with Novitec and my estimate, without going through all the options, is around $30k for the switchable system including X-pipe, ECU non error making thingy, and remotes. They also appear to be happy working with my local dealership as well, which is a bonus.

I shall have a look into Kline and Capristo as well but Novitec seem to be keen and on the ball so it's positive so far.

[Alexandra]

bertie said:

I beg your pardon……it almost read like Thirty thousand dollars

Well, when you say it like that...

But it's all relative, I mean Apple carplay cost $4k and I'm quite positive I'll get more use out of the exhaust. Not to mention the 'use once and forget about it' passenger display at $6k.

[Alexandra]

Perhaps the import costs have risen. Here's a snippet of the North America pricing list.

[Alexandra]

ANOpax said:

Ah, I see what's happened. You've shopped for the unnecessary parts and gone for the inconel versions which only confer bragging rights and little else.
You'll find that the Novi back boxes add very little to the sound compared to the stock Ferrari ones. Inconel does sound slightly different to stainless but you'd be hard pushed to spot the difference in isolation. The real magic in terms of being naughty with the sound from your GTS will come from changing the catalysts. I couldn't find a US price list but here's the Euro one;



The parts you'll need are;

Sports metal catalyst for cars with OPF €5,380
Bundled with Tectronic. €890
Switchtronic €580

Total €6,850 or, at current FX rates, $7,330

I've noticed that the Novitec USD/EUR exchange rate is 1.66 compared to the real life one of 1.07. On that basis, I'd expect €6,850 to come in at $11,500 which is much more in the realms of what other posters were expecting.

Edited by ANOpax on Friday 3rd June 08:07

Thank you, although I'm not sure how to take the comment about choosing items for bragging rights. My estimated cost was based on an introductory conversation with the Novitec NA dealer and nothing else.

[Alexandra]

Just to update this, the order was placed for a switchable Novitec stainless steel system with flaps, X-pipes and sports cats. Once it's fitted I'll upload audio.